Free NOX (On the house)

[Elixer]

Normally, I only post here
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2475119
but, seems some people miss that... so
here is the short version.

https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/free-games/on-the-house

 

[DigDog]

gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4e1gaY-j44

 

[rivethead]

Sweet. It kind of looks like a Baldurs Gate clone (sounds like it too).

Thanks OP!

 

[clok1966]

More Diablo Knock off then Baldurs gate, it was a VERY good game in its day, lost in the shuffle a bit. For anybody with Origin I would recommend for free for sure. Just understand it was made many a moon ago so the graphics are quite dated.

 

[ritditditdidoo]

I remember playing this when it first game out, it was amazing! I can't remember the single player but multiplayer was like the grandfather of MOBA's. You basically all run around a dungeon as wizards, every man for himself deathmatch, and you blast each other with really great spells and set fiendish traps, summon minions etc. It was amazing.

 

[quakeworld]

thanks for posting this. will download this after work. already got bf3, nfs, jade empire and other free stuff off origin!

 

[ritditditdidoo]

I paid full price for BF3 Played it about 4 times.

 

[Elixer]

BTW, they also offer Battlefield Hardline Getaway for free, yes, this is DLC, and yes, you can't play it until you get the original game, however, you can still add it and "buy" it.

 

[KMFJD]

i really liked the multiplayer back when it came out, a lot of fun

 

[VashHT]

Nox was pretty awesome, it's kind of like Diablo but you control your guy a bit differently. The MP was really fun and the single player was worth a play through, I'm not sure if there are modern patches for it but the last time I played it I stopped because it zooms out the more you raise the resolution.

 

[ritditditdidoo]

Anyone know if the multiplayer will be working and if there are any players?

 

[Elixer]

Anyone know if the multiplayer will be working and if there are any players?

It says at the bottom that the servers are offline.

Multiplayer notice: The game's official multiplayer servers have been taken offline and the only multiplayer option available is LAN.

 

[ritditditdidoo]

Ahhh thanks, shame!

 

[JPS35]

This is a great game and some pretty good humor to boot. Although it has nothing to do with the Evil Dead series, it always kind of reminded me of playing Bruce Campbell as Ash in Army of Darkness. And the weapon at the end...OVERPOWER!

 

[Thump553]

I didn't think there was a Diablo clone that I had missed, will give this a try.

 

[DeathReborn]

Anyone know if the multiplayer will be working and if there are any players?

There are workarounds to getting multiplayer running but having not tried them (LAN is all I need) the usual caveat of YMMV applies. Population will be low to non-existent online of course but could be useful for friends.

 

[ritditditdidoo]

Ahh interesting! Thanks! I might check out the single player, I never played that before.

 

[Stg-Flame]

Silly question but I don't use Origin. I assume I'll have to use Origin to play this, right? I still have the physical copy of NOX in storage tucked away and it would be nice to pick this up again every now and then.

 

[ritditditdidoo]

Yeah you have to download it via Origin and then play it through that too. It is free though so you could get it just for this game if you wanted.

 

[PrincessFrosty]

Origin still struggling to pull in users I see. They need to take a leaf out of GoGs book.

 

[Elixer]

Origin still struggling to pull in users I see. They need to take a leaf out of GoGs book.

Why the Origin hate?
Makes no sense, their client is just as good as steam (though, doesn't have all of steam's features) and is better than uplay.

 

[KMFJD]

Why the Origin hate?
Makes no sense, their client is just as good as steam (though, doesn't have all of steam's features) and is better than uplay.

'cause parrots are going to parrot

 

[PrincessFrosty]

Why the Origin hate?
Makes no sense, their client is just as good as steam (though, doesn't have all of steam's features) and is better than uplay.

How is that "origin hate"? They're giving away free games which we all know is lost potential revenue for them and what they get back for that is trying to hook people into their service, because otherwise these people wouldn't use it. That is fairly obvious.

I don't hate origin I just think it's laughable that EA say such stupid things as they're never going to sell games cheap or give them away on Origin because they don't want to devalue them, blah blah, and then years later they're giving games away. They're so foolish and misguided and fundamentally disconnected with modern gamers.

 

[you2]

Not first give away. EA support is great esp compare to steam but corporate behavior suspect. If they went under would they unlock games or shutdown serves?

 

[Stg-Flame]

'cause parrots are going to parrot

Yes, because it's impossible for more than one person to genuinely dislike something.